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Sir Alfred once said, "The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture." Committing this truism to memory would still serve any film student well. It's stunning how few filmmakers remember that when writing, casting and producing their independent films. Write a weighty villain, spend the cash on hiring a quality heavy to play him or her. Writer-director Jack Bryan learned that for his feature "The Living." He had a lean, gripping murder-for-hire tale with a sharp and troubling undertow of what it takes to be a man in some corners of the culture. But it wouldn't work without Chris Mulkey, playing a heartless sociopath ex-con hired to kill a...

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Sir Alfred once said, "The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture." Committing this truism to memory would still serve any film student well. It's stunning how few filmmakers remember that when writing, casting and...

Halloween Horror Nights fans may howl at the latest news: A haunted house at this year's event will be based on the 1981 film "An American Werewolf in London," Universal Orlando announced early this morning.
The attraction is being created with...

A few leftover notes from this (early) morning's breaking news from Universal's Halloween Horror Nights:
+ The only themed news was that one haunted house would be tied to the horror film "The Cabin in the Woods." As in previous years,...